Has AG investigated Azilah’s affidavit on kill order, asks Altantuya’s father
The lawyer for Shaariibuu Setev, the father of slain Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibuu, has on Monday asked the authorities to investigate former chief inspector Azilah Hadri’s additional affidavit that contains his statutory declaration (SD) that was not rebutted by the prosecution and was accepted by the Federal Court last Thursday (Oct 10).
(The Edge) – Lawyer Sangeet Kaur Deo, acting for Shaariibuu, said it was highlighted in Azilah’s additional affidavit that contained among others, his original affidavit and the SD (that were originally submitted to the Court of Appeal, and which had also been left unrebutted).
“It is most significant that the said additional affidavit containing the affidavit and SD were not rebutted by the respondent, the public prosecutor.
“The affidavit includes uncontested claims that Azilah acted under explicit instructions, a fact left unchallenged by the public prosecutor, raising serious questions about the attorney general’s actions. The family of Altantuya Shaariibuu demands to know if these allegations have been investigated, and if not, why they remain unaddressed,” she said.
During proceedings last Thursday, Azilah’s counsel J Kuldeep Kumar told the court that the SD contained allegations that his client acted on instructions from Datuk Seri Najib Razak, who was then deputy prime minister and defence minister, and Najib’s then aide de camp deputy superintendent (DSP) Musa Safri, to take action and eliminate Altantuya, who was described as a foreign spy.
As a result, a three-member Federal Court bench led by Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat commuted Azilah’s death sentence to 40 years imprisonment, and for him to be given 12 strokes of the rotan.
